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Inside Google's Top Secret Glass Foundry Event

Google Glass Foundry

Glass Foundry

Google's Glass Foundry was a developer event held in both NYC and San Francisco for developers to get some hands-on time with Google Glass.

Pioneer

Everyone who attended Google's Glass Foundry event was given a special limited-edition glass bar identifying them as a Pioneer. Similar numbered bars were given to developers who signed up to purchase Google Glass during Google I/O last year.

Limited Seating

Events were only open to developers who had signed up to be part of Google Glass during Google I/O.

Top Secret

Each developer who attended had to sign an NDA, promising to not tell anyone about the event.

Two Days

Developers spent two days with the Glass team working with the Glass API.

Team Building

Developers were broken into teams to develop new uses for Google Glass.

Big Accomplishments

The teams were able to create 80 new ways to use Google Glass over the two 2-day Foundry events.

Prizes

8 "winning" teams from the Foundry event will receive their Google Glass for free. Google will reportedly charge other $1500 for the glasses.

Time With Google

The Glass Foundry gave developers a unique opportunity to get hands-on help from Google employees.

Developer Feedback

Google says that developer feedback from the event is already helping it improve the Glass platform.

Released Later This Year

Google Glass is expected to be available for developers later this year.

Earlier this month Google held two top secret Glass Foundry events in NYC and San Francisco. Developers who attended the closed-door events were required to sign pretty extensive non-disclosure agreements promising to not share what went on inside, which left many wondering what happened – until now.

On its developer Google+ page, Google posted a number of photos from the event, as well as a little bit of information about the Foundry events in general.

According to the post, during the two-day event Glass Explorers formed teams and built over 80 new ways to use Glass using the still-secret API the company has built. Everyone who showed off an application for Glass scored a special limited-edition “Pioneer” glass bar, and eight of the presenting teams won the ultimate prize: Google will be covering the $1500 price of their Explorer Edition Glass.

Check out the gallery above for a look at some of the Foundry event highlights.

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